Upgrading protects against end-of-life risk, known vulnerabilities, and performance bottlenecks while ensuring access to the latest features and fixes. Positka delivers end-to-end upgrades—from environment assessment and planning to execution—with minimal or zero downtime through proven procedures and contingency planning.
Splunk 10 is a major security and capability release, not just a patch train. Delaying adoption loses key features across security, data handling, and administration, and makes it harder to remain current as the SIEM landscape evolves rapidly. Staying on a steady upgrade cadence reduces risk and effort for future updates.
Upgrading Splunk without expert guidance can expose organizations to risks and complications:
We can plan thoroughly, but something unexpected can always break if we do not have a clear contingency ready.
Downtime is always painful, and if it is unplanned, it can create chaos ranging from user complaints to loss of productivity. Achieving zero downtime can be tricky but not impossible. It requires meticulous planning and a clear strategy.
Upgrading Splunk without checking version compatibility for apps and add ons could affect the intended functionality of those apps and add ons.
Sometimes rolling back to the previous state in case of issues during the upgrade can be a herculean task without proper backups and failsafe plans.
Care should be taken to preserve user custom configurations to ensure they are not overridden during the upgrade.
Splunk has come up with ES 8, and it is not the usual version upgrade but rather one that addresses few key concerns noted throughout the years, with added features and a complete refresh of the UI and integrations.
But a significant bump in features always results in changing the way we interact with and use the tool, which could be a bit tricky to manage and takes time. But delays mean:
Upgrading Splunk without expert guidance can expose organizations to risks and complications:
We will analyze the entire environment, take backups, and make sure nothing breaks in the process, leaving it better than we found it.
We have done this a hundred times, yes literally. We have seen the ups and downs and will be there for you too.
We have experts on standby to provide additional support post-upgrade for issues that may come and conduct multiple knowledge transfer sessions to equip the team with hands on sessions and documentation for future reference.
You will never be left wondering why we are doing this or what happens to your custom configs. We will keep you informed throughout the entire process.
The upgrade will be done only after we have thoroughly checked everything on our side, including upgrading in a lower environment, so downtime does not exceed the planned change window.
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